From: What Privileges Do You Have?

From: What Privileges Do You Have? (stolen from RHM, who got it from clanhanna who got it from someone else - lemme tell you, this meme gets around.) -based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. (If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.)
BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (though, frankly they didn't last long - I am not a musically talented person)
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (costs after scholarships)
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
There was original art in your house when you were a child (if by original you mean, drawn by me and my siblings...)
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child (sometimes yes, sometimes not, we switched around all the time)
You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up (does the Natural History Museum count?)
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
--What is this supposed to teach me exactly? Illinois?--
--Ed. Note: I found the website for one of the originators and now I know what it's all about. Interesting experiment. This is the kind of class I really enjoyed taking in college. How did I end up in architecture again?--

This is me getting back in the blogging swing with more memes - pictures of cute nieces and nephews to come, I promise.